iShares MSCI Austria ETF
$43.38−0.66 (−1.50%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.49%
- Fund size
- $198M
- 1Y return
- +45.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.91%
- Holdings
- 21
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $43.89
- 52W range
The ETF.net EWO Grade
Score 58 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.BScore 55Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 74Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 73Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 43Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 26Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 66Category rank
Our read on EWO
BAustria in a single ticker, and a 1996 original from the first wave of single-country index funds. Fees sit just under the peer median, and nothing else in its peer group tracks the same Austrian index.
The fund seeks to track an index composed of Austrian equities.
Why people hold it
- Launched in 1996, when single-country index funds were still a novelty, and still running under the iShares banner. Longevity in a corner of the market where niche funds often close early.
- 0.49% a year, a hair under the 0.50% median for developed single-country funds. Not a huge edge, but you keep it every year you hold.
- Tracks the MSCI Austria IMI 25/50 Index, which reaches past the giants into mid and small caps and applies issuer caps so no single stock can swallow the portfolio.ishares.com
- Sits in the upper half of the developed single-country ETFs we cover, and the underlying data on its mandate and index is unambiguous rather than inferred.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded with a modest asset base, so bid-ask spreads can widen and sizeable orders can push the price around. Trading mechanics matter more here than in a mega-fund.
- One small European market means a short holdings list where a handful of names carry real weight. That concentration cuts both ways.
- Cash comes once or twice a year rather than quarterly or monthly, so income lands in lumps.
EWO Holdings
- Stocks
- 21
- 76%
- EBS.VI
Sectors
- Financials49.2%
- Industrials14.3%
- Energy9.6%
- Materials7.8%
- Utilities6.5%
- Technology5.1%
- Real Estate3.9%
- Consumer Discr.3.6%
Geography
- Austria100.00%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
EWO Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
EWO$14,541
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | EWO |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +26.8% |
| 1 month | +1.0% |
| 3 months | +2.3% |
| 1 year | +45.4% |
| 3 years | +37.3% |
| 5 years | +17.4% |
| 10 years | +14.4% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | EWO |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +26.8% | |
| 2025 | +74.1% | |
| 2024 | +4.1% | |
| 2023 | +20.6% | |
| 2022 | −21.9% | |
| 2021 | +31.5% | |
| 2020 | −3.7% |
EWO in the news
EWO Dividends
- 1.91%
- $0.84
- $0.84 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.84 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.85 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.58 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.97 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.64 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.58 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.41 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.49 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.38 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.24 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | $0.19 |
| Dec 16, 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 | $0.12 |
EWO Risk
- 14.8%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.87
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −41.8%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.80
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EWO Cost
0.49%
EWO0.49%
- The middle half of Developed Single Country funds
- Median 0.50%
9 of the 38 Developed Single Country funds charge less.